Dog harness assembly for vehicle

Abstract

A dog harness assembly includes a dog harness having a chest strap and a back strap releasably engageable with the chest strap around a dog. The dog harness assembly includes a seatbelt harness releasably engageable with a seatbelt webbing of a vehicle and a seatback harness releasably engageable with a child seat anchor of a vehicle. The seatbelt harness has a clip releasably engageable with the chest strap and the seatback harness has a clip releasably engageable with the back strap.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
 a vehicle seat having a seatback and a seatbelt assembly; 
 a child seat anchor; 
 the seatbelt assembly having a webbing, a buckle, and a clip slideable on the webbing and releasably engageable with the buckle; 
 a dog harness having a chest strap and a back strap releasably engageable with the chest strap around a dog; 
 a seatbelt harness releasably engageable with the seatbelt webbing; and 
 a seatback harness releasably engageable with the child seat anchor; 
 the seatbelt harness having a clip releasably engageable with the chest strap of the dog harness and the seatback harness having a clip releasably engageable with the back strap of the dog harness; 
 the seatbelt harness includes a first strap releasably engageable with the seatbelt webbing and a second strap slideably engaged with the first strap, the second strap being releasably engageable with the seatback harness; and 
 the second strap is designed to encircle the dog between the seatbelt harness and the seatback harness. 
 
     
     
       2. The vehicle seat assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the seatback harness includes a buckle and the second strap of the seatbelt harness includes tongues releasably engageable with the buckle of the seatback harness. 
     
     
       3. The vehicle seat assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the seatbelt harness is slideably engageable with the webbing of the seatbelt assembly. 
     
     
       4. The vehicle seat assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the seatbelt harness has a connector slideably engageable with the webbing of the seatbelt assembly. 
     
     
       5. The vehicle seat assembly of  claim 4 , further comprising a ring on the chest strap, the clip of the seatbelt harness being releasably engageable with the ring on the chest strap. 
     
     
       6. The vehicle seat assembly of  claim 5 , wherein the seatback harness includes a buckle and the seatbelt harness includes tongues releasably engageable with the buckle of the seatback harness. 
     
     
       7. The vehicle seat assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising side straps between the chest strap and the back strap and releasably engageable with at least one of the chest strap and the back strap. 
     
     
       8. The vehicle seat assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the side straps between the chest strap and the back strap are designed to encircle the dog between the chest strap and the back strap. 
     
     
       9. The vehicle seat assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a ring on the chest strap and a ring on the back strap, the clip of the seatbelt harness being releasably engageable with the ring on the chest strap and the clip of the seatback harness being releasably engageable with the ring on the back strap. 
     
     
       10. The vehicle seat assembly of  claim 9 , wherein the ring on the chest strap is at an upper end of the chest strap and the ring on the back strap is at an upper end of the back strap. 
     
     
       11. A dog harness assembly comprising:
 a dog harness having a chest strap and a back strap, the back strap releasably engageable with the chest strap around a dog; 
 a seatbelt harness releasably engageable with a seatbelt webbing of a vehicle; and 
 a seatback harness releasably engageable with a child seat anchor of a vehicle; 
 the seatbelt harness having a clip releasably engageable with the chest strap and the seatback harness having a clip releasably engageable with the back strap; 
 the seatbelt harness including a first strap releasably engageable with the seatbelt webbing and a second strap slideably engaged with the first strap, the second strap being releasably engageable with the seatback harness; and 
 the second strap is designed to encircle the dog between the seatbelt harness and the seatback harness. 
 
     
     
       12. The dog harness assembly of  claim 11 , further comprising a ring on the chest strap and a ring on the back strap, the clip of the seatbelt harness being releasably engageable with the ring on the chest strap and the clip of the seatback harness being releasably engageable with the ring on the back strap. 
     
     
       13. The dog harness assembly of  claim 12 , wherein the seatback harness includes a buckle and the second strap of the seatbelt harness includes tongues releasably engageable with the buckle of the seatback harness. 
     
     
       14. The dog harness assembly of  claim 11 , further comprising straps between the chest strap and the back strap and releasably engageable with at least one of the chest strap and the back strap. 
     
     
       15. The dog harness assembly of  claim 14 , wherein the straps between the chest strap and the back strap are designed to encircle the dog between the chest strap and the back strap.